Kill Your Heroes Explained

Kill Your Heroes
Cover:Awolnation - "Kill Your Heroes" (Single).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Awolnation
Album:Megalithic Symphony
B-Side:"Sail" (Feed Me Luxe Remix)
Recorded:2010–11 at Red Bull Recording Studio
(Los Angeles, California)
Length:2:58
Label:Red Bull
Prev Title:Not Your Fault
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)
Next Year:2013

"Kill Your Heroes" is a song by American alternative rock band Awolnation. It is written by lead singer Aaron Bruno and musician Brian West for the band's debut studio album Megalithic Symphony, where it appears as the eighth track. "Kill Your Heroes" was released as the third and final single from Megalithic Symphony and reached the top 20 of the United States Billboard Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts.

The song's music video parodies the children's TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It was also featured on Nintendo Video.[1]

Personnel

Sourced from the original album liner notes.

Awolnation

Additional musicians

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United States[4] June 5, 2012Modern rock radioRed Bull Records
Italy[5] December 7, 2012Contemporary hit radioEMI
Belgium[6] February 22, 2013Digital downloadRed Bull Records
Czech Republic[7]
France[8]
Germany[9]
Ireland[10]
Israel[11]
Latvia[12]
Luxembourg[13]
Netherlands[14]
Norway[15]
Poland[16]
Slovakia[17]
Turkey[18]
United Kingdom[19]
Spain[20] February 26, 2013

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818190624/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/08/17/awolnation-kill-your-heroes-video/. dead. August 18, 2012.
  2. Awolnation – Chart History: Rock Songs (Year end) . . August 12, 2013.
  3. Alternative Songs: Year End 2013 . . December 13, 2013.
  4. Web site: Alternative > Future Releases . All Access Music Group . September 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120531072657/http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases . May 31, 2012.
  5. Web site: AWOLNATION – Kill Your Heroes (EMI) . Radio Airplay SRL . September 21, 2013 . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925133824/http://www.radioairplay.fm/RadioDate/PublicDetails/250 . September 25, 2013 .
  6. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (BEL) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619133849/https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  7. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (CZE) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619133702/https://itunes.apple.com/cz/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  8. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (FRA) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619132130/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  9. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (DEN) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619135757/https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  10. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (IRE) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619133957/https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  11. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (ISR) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619134106/https://itunes.apple.com/il/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  12. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (LAT) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619140007/https://itunes.apple.com/lv/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  13. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (LUX) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619133950/https://itunes.apple.com/lu/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  14. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (NLD) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619135852/https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  15. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (NOR) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619133923/https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  16. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (POL) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619140044/https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  17. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (SLO) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619133810/https://itunes.apple.com/sk/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  18. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (TUR) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619134001/https://itunes.apple.com/tr/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  19. Web site: Kill Your Heroes – Single by AWOLNATION . iTunes Store (GB) . . June 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619132034/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/kill-your-heroes-single/id594520173 . June 19, 2014 .
  20. Web site: Kill Your Heroes de AWOLNATION . 7digital (SPA) . August 12, 2013 . Spanish.

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